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The other value of real estate

I’ve been stalking the DC real estate market for months, first hoping to cash in on the $8,000 federal tax credit, then waiting for the credit to expire so housing prices could drop. If I’m going to buy, I want to make a “good...

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To rent or to own, that is the question

The $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers expired for most of us a little over a month ago, but  mortgage rates continue to hold at historic lows prompting the question: Is it better to rent or own? The big picture story tells...

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Price + Staging = SOLD

It’s a buyer’s market, right? Everyone knows that. It’s all over the papers and the media. It’s in the blogosphere. Everywhere. No one told the folks looking for a home in Silver Spring. Or at least they didn’t tell this one home seller,...

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